Macworld 2007

Well, I have to say it was a let-down. After all the rumours of upgraded Mac computers, more on the upcoming Leopard operating system and new iLife and iWork applications, the keynote at the expo in San Francisco was disappointing. Don’t get me wrong, the iPhone looks excellent, and seems to be the phone I’ve been wanting for such a long time. Finally we have one that is intuitive and simple to use, but does so much you want it to do. The touch screen is a fantastic addition, and the only way to allow a complicated phone to be operated. I don’t mind about the price of it, or the availability in the fourth-quarter of 2007 here in the UK, but I was expecting more about the Mac. The Apple TV isn’t bad too, but I would never need anything like that, especially since the rumoured TV and Movie download service from iTunes in the UK didn’t come to fruition.

For a computer company, I think many people will be disappointed at the lack of computing innovation at the expo, and the loss of ‘Computer’ from the the name ‘Apple Computer Inc.’ may, for some, hail the beginning of the end for the Mac. I’m not so pessimistic, but I would definitely be loathed to return to using Windows after 3 years of an iMac doing everything I wanted to do, and more.